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  • EESC info March 2025

    V tomto vydaní:

    • Európska obrana: kľúčom je rozumné a efektívne vynakladanie prostriedkov, autor: člen EHSV Marcin Nowacki
    • Plán ReArm Europe, autor: Nicolas Gros-Verheyde

    • Zamerané na YEYS:

      – Zapojenie mládeže by malo predstavovať viac než len odškrtnutie úlohy v zozname, autor Bruno António

      – Povzbudiť k emancipácii, autorka Kristýna Bulvasová

      – Moldavská mládež na podujatí Vaša európa, váš názor: formuje sa generácia, ktorú nezastavia obmedzenia, rozhovor s Mădălinou-Mihaelou Antociovou

  • EESC info February 2025

    V tomto vydaní:

    • Postoj EHSV k správam Enrica Lettu a Maria Draghiho, autori: Matteo Carlo Borsani, Giuseppe Guerini a Stefano Palmieri
    • Posadnutosť konkurencieschopnosťou, autor: Karel Lannoo, CEPS
    • Kompasom konkurencieschopnosti nie je možné vyvážiť potreby podnikov a práva pracovníkov, autorka: Esther Lynch, ETUC
    • Iniciatíva Future 500: rozširovanie európskych podnikov v záujme globálneho úspechu, autor: Stjepan Orešković, Atlantic Council
    • Európska koalícia pre podnikovú spravodlivosť (ECCJ) odmieta komplexný balík opatrení: záujmy podnikov by nemali byť hnacou silou politiky EÚ, autorka: Andriana Loredan, ECCJ